Vocabulary Quiz 10.2

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: FERVOR

• an attitude of approval

• a passionate feeling

• an inflated temperature

• a disagreement

• an extension or elongation

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: SAVAGE

• needing rescue or aid

• hearty and strong

• angry and annoyed

• salty or spicy in taste

• cruel and vicious

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: CHRONIC

• colorful

• celebrated

• constant

• connected

• concealed

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: TRAUMA

• a sensation of losing control

• a difficult task to overcome

• a feeling of certainty

• a deeply distressing experience

• a source of minor irritation

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: PHILANTHROPY

• charity

• adultery

• music

• ambition

• inventiveness

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: CRYPTIC

• sincere

• argumentative

• no longer living

• buried

• mysterious

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: CONSTITUENTS

• permanent members of a religious organization or group

• voting members of a community

• represented by someone

• people who advise important people

• educators, especially those who teach in colleges and universities

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: DEFILE

• to store away

• to deceive

• to spoil

• to delay

• to disorganize

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: CYNICAL

• distrustful of humanity

• kind and pleasant

• difficult to understand

• free of deceit

• immoral or wicked

Choose the answer choice that best defines the word in capital letters: ANNIHILATE

• to add to something larger

• to irritate someone

• to add explanatory notes

• to completely destroy

• to damage in appearance